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minus-squareHylicManoeuvre@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·18 days agoIt’s almost like math describes natural phenomena
minus-squareN0x0n@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·18 days agoIt does, well it isn’t the classical mathematics, but higher up math like fractals which is math but on another scale. Coastal length, water movement, trees branching, cloud movements… Those are all described by fractals
minus-squareTheJesusaurus@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-216 days agoLol, took the words out of my mouth. “Why when we measure things, do they give us measurements”
It’s almost like math describes natural phenomena
It does, well it isn’t the classical mathematics, but higher up math like fractals which is math but on another scale.
Coastal length, water movement, trees branching, cloud movements… Those are all described by fractals
Lol, took the words out of my mouth.
“Why when we measure things, do they give us measurements”